Stargate: Atlantis
Need-To-Know Basis
Genre(s): Challenge, Angst, Romance
Rating: K+
Character(s): Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka
Pairing(s): John/Elizabeth
Spoilers: Minor 1.13 Hot Zone
Summary: Some things don't need to be known. (prompt "numbers")
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She no longer counts the steps in the flight of stairs that leads to the Stargate. She's spent so long standing by it, waiting for him to come home, that she's almost sure they've each been individually remembered.
He doesn’t join in McKay and Zelenka’s prime number games. She’s the only one to know that he could if he wanted, and get everything right.
The death toll so far? She’s forced to keep track in her notes.
The exact length of time it takes for Elizabeth to make her way to John’s room, and vice versa?
Nobody needs to know.
~fin